Author Michael Lewis on his new book about how we make decisions and how often we make the wrong one. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. In 44 days donald trump will become the president of the United States, and yet today his views on some of the most important issues hell face in the white house are still a moving target. But on Climate Change, arguably the gravest, most urgent problem of our time, there were glimmers of hope earlier this week. Former Vice President al gore, probably the worlds most prominent climate activist, visited trump tower on monday to meet with the president elect and his daughter ivanka. And when i talked with him later he was surprisingly optimistic. It was a very intelligent exchange. It was a search for Common Ground, but its no secret that ivanka trump is very committed to having a Climate Policy that makes sense for our country and for our world. I appreciate the fact that she is very concerned about this. And i ve
It was a search for Common Ground, but its no secret that ivanka trump is very committed to having a Climate Policy that makes sense for our country and for our world. I appreciate the fact that she is very concerned about this. And i very much appreciate the opportunity i had to have a meaningful and productive conversation with the president elect. It was encouraging sign if a somewhat superficial one. Though shes set to continue running the family business, ivanka trump is said to have her fathers ear and his truss. While its reported she might use that to promote Climate Change and mitigation, the job of overseeing actual policy falls to the administrator of the epa. So the president elect had the opportunity to send a powerful signal with his pick to fill that post and now hes done just that. News broke today that trump plans to nominate Oklahoma Attorney general scott pruitt, a Climate Change denialist with ties to the fossil fuel industry who has sued to block president obamas c
people like al franken and folks like sam and sylvia kaplan, our ambassador to morocco and big supporter and jewish and active in the community. they know him well and they know he s worked in their communities to promote tolerance, coexistence, religious freedom. and i think that they re missing the point. the people who know him best. i ve traveled with keith in the middle east. i ve traveled with him to israel and to the palestinian territory and i ve seen how much he cares about the jews and the palestinians and trying to find a future for both of them. i think these attacks are just not understanding who the man is. i have no dog in this fight for who is chair of the party, but i do have a dog in ensuring that he doesn t get attacked for things that aren t true. what would it mean for the conversation particularly within the democratic party. you have haim saban calling him an anti-semite. this is one of biggest donors of democratic part politics. his politics on israel i think
you must be an anti-semiter or anti-israel and that s not true. the is the anti-defamation league is wrong? i think what the anti-defamation league and many others are trying to convince people when they make mistakes to learn from those mistakes. and keith ellison has done that. he s apologized and said he was wrong. to then turn around and 20 years later still attack him for the same things seems to undercut the whole purpose of trying to educate and move people on these issues. have jewish organizations or leaders in his district expressed concern? it seems to me what i ve heard mostly from those folks is they re quite pro keith ellison. right. that s the thing that s being missed here is the folks who know him the best who are from minneapolis or from minnesota, people like al franken and folks like sam and sylvia kaplan, our ambassador to morocco and big